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How can AI and data drive global development?

September 24, 2024 Maria Jones, Senior Economist in the Development Impact (DIME) department

From shadows to sunrise: How to overcome the middle-income trap

September 23, 2024 Somik V. Lall, Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank Group

Making gender data insights accessible: Five steps to develop an effective gender factbook

September 03, 2024 Anna Bonfert, Data Scientist, Gender Group

Social (im)mobility: Why middle-income countries are stuck in the slow lane

August 22, 2024 Somik V. Lall, Senior Adviser to the Chief Economist of the World Bank Group

Global academic research is skewed toward rich countries. How do World Bank policy research papers fit in?

July 15, 2024 Quy-Toan Do, Co-Director, World Development Report 2023

Why global growth is tepid, but commodity prices remain high

July 01, 2024 Carlos Arteta, Manager, Prospects Group, World Bank

Navigating troubled waters: The Red Sea shipping crisis and its global repercussions

May 16, 2024 Holly Krambeck, Program Manager for the World Bank Data Lab, Development Data …

The butterfly effect of industrial policy in Brazil

April 25, 2024 Erhan Artuc, Senior Economist, Development Economics

What do gender data reveal about the economic struggles of women in Bangladesh?

March 12, 2024 Heather G. Moylan, Senior Economist, Development Data Group, Development Econom…

Has extreme poverty been urbanized?

February 27, 2024 Benjamin Stewart, Senior Geographer, Development Data Group, Development Econom…